I cleaned my LCS’ out of that issue so long ago, I can’t even remember. 2 years ago? 3?
Edit: That book has been on the radar ever since Hawkeyes daughter was confirmed shooting a bow in Endgame 2.5 years ago.
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I wasn’t trying to say it was some hidden gem no one knew about, I meant in the sense that some people talk about a book whether its heavily or not very specced on and people go after
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I think we were talking about the people making these videos and not you in particular. I have had mine overpriced and listed for $100 for several months anyway
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I am super guilty of selling things way too early so am trying to hang on to more stuff a bit longer. I had pre-ordered 20 copies of future state Wonder Woman #1 and sold them all for double cover
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What does a winner Virgin look like?
Asking for a friend. 
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Red Hood and The Outlaws from New 52
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Ditto, but, a profit is a profit. I probably already sold all my Hawkeye 1s, and I sold my Infamous Ironman#1 1:25 about 1.5 years ago for ratio. Who the hell cares about ‘first Tony as an AI’, seriously. 
… I look at it like this; instead of thinking about money I left on the table, I like to think I took that profit from that book that I sold way to early and reinvested it in something good. Then I probably sold that too early, but I also reinvested that profit. Hopefully the reinvest profits will add up to equal, or more, profit than if I just sat on the same book for 2 years. (I know that may sound convoluted…maybe I like it that way so I can’t put real tangible numbers on my thought process here…for sanities sake, lol)
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I rarely sell much of anything right now. The way I see it we’re seeing a new boom in the industry currently. I see people talk all the time about selling their stuff now while things are heating up and to cash in before the boom is over. I just don’t see it. Streaming services like Disney+, HBO etc are all scrambling to find new content. The print run on these comics are minuscule, just a fraction of what they were in the 90s and with so many new collectors coming into the hobby, we’ll be in good shape for a long long time. I feel the people who are selling their high grade silver age keys right now are going to regret it later because it won’t be attainable in the future.
I just don’t see the point of selling something for double cover. After ebay fees, shipping, taxes and the time spent packaging, shipping, it’s not even worth it. Some of these modern keys are going to be the next “silver age” keys for the new generation. Of course if I see a copy of Season’s Beatings #1, I’d be flipping that immediately because that’s a straight pump and dump. But things like first appearances of popular characters that I bought for cover, I’m hanging on to those. Because at some point all these will be showing up on some show/movie somewhere and you decide then if you want to sell it. If they don’t show up, you only bought them for cover. Sell a few to cover your costs and stash them away.
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I’ve sold 2 comics I’ve regretted since I started…Incredible Hulk 181 signed by Stan Lee and Giant Sized X-men 1… I would love to go back in time, but you know, now I am taking the older stuff more seriously, and trying to find my favorite characters and buy them up. The one I’ve really been trying to get before its seriously out of reach is X-Men 1…but its just blown up.
I think there are a lot more people in the industry, not just from here in the US, but all over the world. The streaming services have just taken super heroes to a whole new level…and I hope its like that until the day I die.
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The streaming services are a game changer and we’re still in its infancy. We don’t even know how it will affect our industry 5 years from now.
I was having this conversation with my LCS shop the other day. He’s trying to sell his copy of Paper Girls #1 for $25 on ebay. I’m like no, I’m not selling mine. It got optioned and if it shows up on TV, how do we know it won’t turn out to be the next Stranger Things? It’s hard to predict how the general population will receive things and which shows will blow up. To me it’s kinda pointless to sell it for $25 when the potential for that is so much more. Think about how small the print run was for these Image comics. Even if it had a 40-70K print run, that is peanuts considering the amount of people who will be exposed to this show.
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Are you running a business though? To me, that’s a huge difference between a “collector/investor” compared to someone who has to pay the bills. The point in running a business is to move inventory, not sit on it.
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I generally pickup multiple copies of books and depending on prices I will sometimes sell a copy or two right away and sit on the others, if it’s something I believe in. I think others do the same.
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The LCS guy I was talking to is an employee there where he has a habit of selling everything. But I agree with you if I was running a business it would be completely different.
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I just sell books to cover my initial cost and a bit extra for pull books. Such as recently when I bought 5 copies of Infamous Iron Man #1 paid $10 for all 5 of them sold one for $30 and kept the rest, the other $20 went towards a few other books of which I then again sold some and so the snowball continues.
I really don’t care if that book becomes $100, $1000 or $1 book because it funded the hobby and in the end I still have copies for future plans, so in my eyes it’s a win/win
As long as the hobby is funding itself I’m not really phased about what I can or could have sold something for.
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exactly! if u think something is “worth it” buy early and buy heavy, do a quick flip that’ll cover your initial expenses (or a small profit to reinvest into something else) and hold on to the rest. timing is the number one factor on all specs, a good speculator will know when a book has or appears to have legs or not. if its got legs just wait for peaks in the market, if not pump and dump. yall know this 
If you can find the current hot books at your shop then sure sell a few to cover your costs and use your profits towards new purchases. That’s the best way.
I think I’m coming from the standpoint that I think modern age comic books are undervalued at the moment (low print run, booming streaming services, new collectors coming in the market, demand outpacing supply etc). I think a lot of collectors have in the back of their mind that the industry is going to crash again like it did in the 90s and to sell their stuff now while it’s hot. We don’t know how the industry will be even 5 years from now. There’s actually evidence that the industry will be healthier than ever with the media companies gobbling up all these properties at an unprecedented rate and bringing new collectors into the hobby.
I kid you not, I was at a shop the other day and this girl who can’t possibly be older than 9 came in with her mother. She asked the shop owner for the first print of SIKTC #1. Fortunately the shop owner was great and talked to her respectfully and in the end even set up a pull box for her for some books she might be interested in. This makes me really happy for our industry.
Back to topic. If I have 10 copies of first appearance of Yara Flor, I would be selling 1 or 2 to cover my costs and then sit on the rest. I just see way too many people who just can’t wait to sell their books for a piddly $15-20 because they fear that the industry will collapse at any moment. And don’t get me started on major silver age keys, no chance in hell I would be selling Hulk 181 etc at this moment.
Perhaps we can branch off this conversation into another topic where we can discuss where we think the industry will be like in the near future and when is the best time to sell off our books. I still see questions like “should I be selling my copy of We Live #1 for $50 right now?” I"m in the camp where I would say hold for now. “What about Season’s Beatings #1?” SELL SELL SELL!!!
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Yara Flor is a treasure. How dare you advocate selling for any reason.
I would love to get rid of some of my SiKtC collection though. I stopped caring about the story a long time ago. I just don’t want to deal with scammers.
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In the last 6 hours or so Nice House on the Lake 1 cover A has sold out almost everywhere online.
I wouldn’t say it’s ‘hot’ yet but it’s on its way.
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I hope you’re right. I’m looking at things more as “glass is half empty” so I truly hope the future bears out what you’re saying. Lower print runs help. (I really wish the term “Modern” didn’t cover 30 years of books now – it’s ridiculous.) And if anything assures a future for comics, it may be people getting hooked on characters via streaming.
When I go into a comic shop or go to a comic convention, the vast majority of the people I see actively buying comics are still men in their 30s-60s. Often (not always) if there are women and kids at a shop, they are looking for stuff like Funko Pops or Pokemon. And even more so at conventions. I still worry that until paper comics are more easily accessible again, and not relegated to niche stores mostly in mid-to-larger cities, we are not going to have a big enough wave of kids/teens to carry the hobby into 2040 and beyond.
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